Global iCMC Digital Transformation Program​ Leader

Job Title: Global iCMC Digital Transformation Program​ Leader

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

Within Sanofi R&D, Global CMC Development is a key enabler of Sanofi’s growth aspiration through its mission to develop manufacturing processes, formulations, and analytical methods as well as to scale up and manufacture clinical trial material. Developing new and disruptive technologies is our passion.

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled iCMC Digital Transformation Program leader. 

As a strong leader with global program leadership experience and digital technical expertise, with both CMC domain knowledge and Digital Transformation experience, you will define, lead and execute our digital transformation roadmap for the development labs across CMC, MSAT, and VRD (VCDS and mRNA CoE).

The owner of the position will build and execute the strategic vision for digitalization of the CMC space covering the R&D/M&S value chain from early process development (PCS) to post-launch product Life Cycle Management (LCM). She/he will set strategic priorities and lead innovation with the global transversal team spanning across the entire CMC scope. It is his/her responsibility to lead the cross-functional iCMC Digital Transformation community with the iCMC Digital Transformation Program Core Team to execute the iCMC digital roadmap in Agile at scale methodology. The new head of iCMC Digital Transformation Program will be part of the global CMC organization, but will be acting clearly cross functionally between R&D and M&S. The successful candidate will be involved in cross functional activities, managing large matrix teams across the international Sanofi footprint, reporting progress to Sr stakeholders from CMC/VRD/MSAT functions.

The iCMC Digital Transformation Program has the vision to build competitive CMC capabilities and enable a digital continuum for R&D and M&S data​. It is a unique program to implement an ambitious Digital Transformation across process development activities in R&D and M&S, with over 2,500 targeted users. The iCMC Digital Transformation program is implementing cutting edge digital technologies to build our next generation of data centralization and data consumption platforms.

• Paperless CMC labs with end-to-end automated data flows, to improve productivity & cycle time to enable the development of cutting-edge modalities – “Give time back to the scientists!”

• Digitized intra- & inter-laboratory workflows enable dataflows across all CMC and ensure data accessibility and integrity

• Advanced Analytics to optimize key CMC activities, leverage the full value of our data by enabling AI/ML agents and modeling platforms.

• Set the foundation for a Digital Continuum from research to development to manufacturing for all our products & processes

With iLab, we are implementing one core platform for over 100 drug substance, drug product and analytical development laboratories across all modalities in Sanofi worldwide. Our intent is to provide centralized, structured experimental data to our scientists, enabling them to analyze their data with state-of-the-art AI/ML and modeling solutions, in order to accelerate process development activities, optimize productivity and deliver robust processes for our growing portfolio.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the global iCMC Digital Transformation Program covering data capture (iLab), data transformation and data insight (Advanced Analytics) together with your Digital program lead counterpart using the agile-at-scale framework

• Lead the global transversal team structured by sub-workstreams (factories) and global teams of scientists, digital experts, project managers and external contractors

• Develop digitalization strategies, implement related roadmaps and track execution according to plan. Ensure timely implementation of iLab within non-GMP and GMP labs in order to develop innovative, competitive, cost-efficient, sustainable digital environment for our labs in the CMC network.

• Ensure development and industrialization of existing and new Advanced Analytics solutions to support lab scientists, delivering AI/ML and Modeling solutions to support process development timeline accelerations, process optimization and process robustness

• Support continuous improvements of the existing iLab solution to ensure full adoption, with a robust Change Management strategy.

• Lead and further develop the cross-functional iCMC Digital Transformation community in R&D and M&S to secure sustainability of the Core platforms deployed by the program

• Lead the efforts to deploy core data workflows across all lab families by developing methods/templates, connecting equipment and consuming experimental data to translate the program capability in tangible Business Value.

• Lead the efforts on change management and communications working with a dedicated team in close collaboration with site function leaders.

• Responsible for global Stakeholder management across the network to prioritize, review and update scope, escalate risks and ensure alignment on objectives and key milestones

• Ensure business partnership to all M&S GBUs as well as CMC Development R&D including quality and regulatory CMC

About You

Experience:

• Broad and long-term experience in the chemistry/ biologics/ biochemistry/ pharmaceutical industry in R&D or industrial development with strong global project management capabilities. High interest and working background to digital solutions.

Soft skills:

• Able to lead & animate networks, teams, experts - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, stakeholder management skills

• Ability to manage a large matrix organization as well as a team of direct reports

• Strategic thinking: analyzes current and future scenarios, disrupts the status quo with innovation, while remaining pragmatic and focused on priorities.

• Results oriented: Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives from concept to execution

• High level of autonomy. Executes, comfortable with ambiguity, ​and adapts with agility.

• Issue resolution and decision-making skills

• Structured, goal-oriented and highly motivated

• Ability to deliver results under high pressure

• English fluent, additionally French and German is a plus

• Strong and proven ability to work transversally on a local and global level

Technical skills:

• Demonstrated experience in running projects requiring change management and transversal collaboration

• Proven capabilities to lead a global cross-functional team in a matrix organization; Experience in strategic CMC/development/digital project lead roles;

• Demonstrated global exposure and stakeholder management experience

• Working experience in process development, CMC and/or production/quality

Education:

• PhD/Master’s degree in Life Sciences and/or Bioprocess Engineering and/or Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, Chemistry, biochemistry, bioprocess or related with 10+ years of professional experience in a relevant field.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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